[london england]

I should have had my period a couple of days ago, I have took a pregnancy test to put my mind a ease and it came back negative, I am normally 28 days, but I do feel the symptoms of pre period, sickness, headache, anxious etc, I have been under a lot of stress this past month could that be a factor? Am I worrying too much about not starting my period??

[toni3219]

Your probably pregnant

[TristaNicholle]

Cycles can certainly vary from month to month and it's not unusual to have a longer one, especially if you are stressed. If you were using contraceptives as directed, most likely with a negative hpt you aren't pregnant, but it's possible you could indeed still be. Wait a few days and retest if you haven't started your period. Hcg (what a test reads) isn't in the urine until after implantation which occurs approximately 6-12 days after conceiving. Some women take longer to get a positive reading because the embryo implants a little later.

[london england]

Cycles can certainly vary from month to month and it's not unusual to have a longer one, especially if you are stressed. If you were using contraceptives as directed, most likely with a negative hpt you aren't pregnant, but it's possible you could indeed still be. Wait a few days and retest if you haven't started your period. Hcg (what a test reads) isn't in the urine until after implantation which occurs approximately 6-12 days after conceiving. Some women take longer to get a positive reading because the embryo implants a little later.

Hey I always use condoms and from my last period to my expected period now I no I cannot be pregnant, every time I make sure that if I have any doubts I get the morning after pill, but my partner and I this month there has been no mistakes?? If I feel like having a period doesn't that mean its going to come in a few days??

[kp2171]

your probably pregnant

This person knows nothing. No self respecting medical provider would read what you wrote and post what this person did.

The common "pregnancy symptoms" you cite are all "presumptive" symptoms... things that can be associated with pregnancy, or not... "symptoms" that can be due to many other things.

Such as the stress you talked about.

"could you be pregnant"... well, of course you can. You've had sex, and even with condom use, it isn't 100% effective, which you know.

You also could be simply skipping a period. It happens. Stress does that. Anxiety. Diet. Sleep. Hormone imbalances. And on and on and on...

Unfortunately, its now a time of waiting. And testing. Maybe more waiting. And testing.

The negative HPT just means failure to detect levels of pregnant hormone... which isn't the same as saying you are not. You could be, but hormone levels take time to concentrate, and some women take much longer to have hormones hit threshold levels...

So take the test first thing in the morning with your first trip to the bathroom... and until your period comes, its going to be a waiting game to know for sure.

My son was conceived using fertility tracking and birth control. Oops happens.

But one cannot say you "probably" are pregnant just from presumptive symptoms. I have a cold, and half of my symptoms could indicate pregnancy... I'm a guy, so that somewhat puts my mind at ease, but still...

[TristaNicholle]

[QUOTE=kp2171;1711620]this person knows nothing. No self respecting medical provider would read what you wrote and post what this person did.

Thanks, I wanted to say this very thing.

[kp2171]

Thanks, I wanted to say this very thing.

You can be "good cop", ill be "bad cop"